Oswego State power outage traps some people in elevators

Oswego, NY -- A power outage Thursday night at the State University College at Oswego was caused by problems with switches on the transformer of power substation No. 1 on campus, according to a news advisory on the college’s website.

Substation No. 1 on Sixth Avenue on campus went down at 10:32 p.m. Thursday, shutting off power to the campus. Power was restored at 4:20 a.m. Friday.

University Police and residence staff responded to various calls for assistance during the outage, including people trapped in elevators, and managed communications with students on campus as well as with parents calling with concerns.

The college called in an outside vendor and coordinated with National Grid to fix the problem.